Community Conversations

Zoe Milner is a visual artist and Izzy Hollis is a theatre designer & puppeteer.  They both received bursaries as part of City Arts’ RESIDENCE project. Joining your hosts Laura Guthrie and Jay Sandhu, they chat about the impact the bursary has had on them and their work. Topics covered include:

• Turning a passion for protest into art
• Changing perceptions, and educating people, about Deaf identity and the misunderstanding...

Cheeky comedian Benny Shakes joins Laura Guthrie and Jay Sandhu for a fun and funny episode of 'Community Conversations'. Topics covered include road kill (!?), awareness raising and creating a community of disabled artists. Our guest explains how he works with children to change their attitudes to disability and build a more inclusive culture. We talk about how we can counteract the “brave and inspirational” stereotype of ...

Your hosts, Laura Guthrie and Jay Sandhu, speak to Neal Pike and Max Marchewicz. Neal is a poet, playwright and performer. Max is a BSL interpreter, access provider, musician & performer.

They discuss how they became artists and how their work has developed alongside life changes. Frustrations with poor access provision come up, and we ask, "why are accessible toilets still the place to store mops?"

Our guests talk ab...

For International Women's Day, Rachel is joined by Nottingham-based black-British Soul duo MELONYX.

MELONYX is a collaboration between Georgia Copeland and Nadia Latoya. The duo have performed at Peggy’s Sky Light, New Art Exchange, Camden’s Electric Ballroom and Gilles Peterson’s 'We Out Here' Festival. They released their first single, ‘Worth the Wait’, in May 2020.

In this podcast episode, the singers discuss sisterhood and the ...

In this episode of Community Conversations, Rachel speaks to Nathaniel Wilson, founder of Mimm and Nottingham Street Food Club.

Mimm opened on Broad Street in 2011, located in the Nottingham City Centre area of Hockley. It combines the worlds of fashion, music and art by providing unique and independent sustainable clothing, audio visual events, creative space and a radio station.

Nathaniel discusses Mimm’s humble beginnings, the i...

Norma Gregory is a historian, broadcaster, heritage consultant and arts curator. For over twenty-seven years, Norma Gregory has researched and produced quality, heritage-related media products, educational resources and exhibitions in relation to African / African Caribbean experiences in the UK, helping to develop, expand and enrich available heritage as well as helping to address misrepresentations of history.

In this episode, No...

For this episode, we hear from Michaela ‘The Plentiful Poet’ Spencer, poet and spoken word artist and founder of Truth Mental Health. Michaela speaks about her journey as an artist, and how art can be used a a tool for healing. She also discusses the events that led to her starting Truth Mental Health, and the impact of George Floyd’s murder on the black community from a mental health perspective. Due ...

Jeremy Prince is a a music enthusiast who’s been DJing for 32 years. He is one of the main organisers for Nottingham Caribbean Carnival. 

In this episode, Jeremy shares his experiences as a passionate creative. He speaks passionately about his influences and inspirations, from childhood to adulthood, and how music can be a form of escapism. He also discusses how he was able to take the 2020 Nottingham Caribbean Carnival o...